Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 22:04
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 199 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 359 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	1.71% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 6 Parallax 6 0% 4.02 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.04 5% 5.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.71% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1500HLHX-01JJPV0 150GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 93 79 98 67 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 120 Write 24.8 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 77.9 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.1 192% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 81%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 62GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 88 92 88 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 90.3 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 88.8 61% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 69%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 792GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 21 23 21 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 66.5 Write 25 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 21.4 26% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 124% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 51%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 105GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 58 60 60 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 107 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 59.1 67% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 60%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 530GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 32 33 30 30 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 60 Write 36.3 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 31.6 30% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 125% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 57%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 683GB free Firmware: MEAOA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 88 93 91 90 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 80 Write 84.2 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 90.4 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GLLTU160N02 0420 EL64C1C1624Z1 1321 SP008GLLTU160N02 0420 EL64C1C1624Z1 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

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Typical GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	445x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	140x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 8,984 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16